The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) doesn't discount for the amount of water contained in sea cucumbers when determining their quota, so why should harvesters have their prices discounted by processors due to water weight?
That's the question SEA-NL (the (Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.), a trade association started recently by Ryan Cleary to represent inshore NL harvesters, is asking amidst an ugly dispute between the harvesters and processors that now threatens to head into its third month [...]
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